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To: Sexton O Blake who wrote (75411)	5/19/2011 8:40:38 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

SOB, Include me in one of Rogers biggest haters. past tense. Their service reliability (Cable TV) was atrocious. No way in hell, I'd let them be my Internet provider or trust them from home phone. That's changed. I've not had any reason to ask them for an account credit in years. They were arrogant. e.g. - the negative option billing increase. If you didn't act, you got an unwanted service at an increased cost. That policy is gone. I've not had any difficulty uploading large files (e.g. emailing a 10 MB video file). I don't understand the term "torrents" so this may not address your concern. I also use Yak. But I haven't yet seen a Roger's bill with the Yak charge on it. That should happen within a few days. Ian

To: Sexton O Blake who wrote (75411)	5/19/2011 9:01:16 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 110652

Blake, speaking of added fees, how about this? Explaining Your Time Warner Bill by Colin Jost April 4, 2011 $17.23 — Basic service $37.35 — Standard service $40.81 — Actual service $12.50 — Federal taxes $11.75 — Federal taxes, part two $6.85 — New York City taxes $5.35 — Fort Wayne, Indiana, city taxes $3.45 — Singapore Nuclear Defense Fund $16.30 — Twenty-five-per-cent gratuity $13.99 — DVR (disabled video recorder) $11.45 — HDTV you forget to use because it’s Channel 700-something $8.12 — Color TV $4.75 — Right to use that stylish @nyc.rr.com e-mail address $14.32 — Landline you promised your parents you would keep as an “emergency backup” and now you only use to order Thai food $1.35 — Random charge that’s too small to waste your time contesting $7.25 — Remembrance Fee, for when you forgot your seventeen-digit Internet password and we had to remind you $1.82 — Time Warner Appreciation Fee $1.35 — Somehow this goes to Goldman Sachs $0.32 — Part of the remaining balance on the cable box you purchased in 1993. Number of remaining payments: 8 $14.95 — HBO you purchased just to watch reruns of “The Sopranos” $12.50 — Mandatory purchase of HBO’s “Behind the Scenes: Marmaduke” $8.40 — Mandatory purchase of HBO’s “First Look” at “Marmaduke 3” $12.95 — Showtime you forgot you ordered $12.95 — Cinemax you forgot you ordered $9.95 — Starz you forgot was a channel $6.95 — Moonz* $0.02 — Internal joke $40.20 — Watching a Non-New York Football Game Betrayal Surcharge $3.95 — Your girlfriend’s niece’s friend somehow voted for “American Idol” through your cable box $3.75 — What Ever Happened to “My Name Is Earl”? Fee $11.45 — Your child watched the same episode of “Yo Gabba Gabba!” four hundred times $1.18 — You cried during “Megamind” -$4.95 — Credit for watching the film “Old Dogs” in its entirety $2.10 — It’s a secret $2.15 — Piers Morgan’s dental plan $5.43 — Some junk $0.99/day — Adoption of Eritrean boy named Kulu (photo attached) $10.95 — That time you stole your neighbor’s Wi-Fi $15.99 — People Get All Their Porn from the Internet Surcharge $2.35 — This is a scam $7.08 — Time Warner keychain $53.71 — Shipping and handling for Time Warner keychain $82.40 — Keychain Misdelivery Fee $53.71 — Second attempt at delivering keychain $12.71 — Oops, we had the wrong address $104.23 — Keychain Restocking Fee -$5.95 — Credit for improper charges on previous bill $5.95 — Psych! $120.32 — Residuals owed to composer of “Please hold” music $12.99 — We’re going to Hell ? *fake To get more of The New Yorker's signature mix of politics, culture and the arts: Subscribe now Read more newyorker.com